Brannen, J;
(2020)
Life story and narrative approaches in the study of family lives.
In: Parsons, J and Chappell, A, (eds.)
The Palgrave Handbook of Auto/Biography.
(pp. 97-117).
Springer Nature: Cham, Switzerland.
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Abstract
The chapter examines life story and narrative approaches and their application in the study of family lives. It begins with a brief history of some key figures in biographical research followed by an examination of some of the distinctions between the two approaches. The second part of the chapter presents and discusses a case of a grandfather and son drawn from an intergenerational study of fatherhood. The study’s method (the biographic-narrative interpretive method) demonstrates change and continuity in family life by situating lives in historical context and examining the cultural transmissions that are accepted and resisted by the younger generation. The chapter discusses the benefits of paying attention to the narrative form of life stories. In these ways biographical and narrative approaches produce a multi-layered analysis.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Life story and narrative approaches in the study of family lives |
| ISBN: | 3030319741 |
| ISBN-13: | 9783030319748 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-31974-8_5 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31974-8_5 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10115270 |
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